I'm wondering why my B string and E string do this. (guitar)?!
Question: I own a MIM Fender Strat and over the past few days whenever I tune it, the B and E strings (the two thinnest, E being the higher pitched of the two) don't tune well. I'll turn the tuning knobs, and the pitch of the strings won't change unless I turn the knob at least a half rotation when the pitch of them will suddently pop to where it should be in relation to the position of the tuning knob.
Does it need new strings? Or is it something with my Strat? There's no other problems at all with the guitar. It sounds and plays wonderfully.
Answers: I own a MIM Fender Strat and over the past few days whenever I tune it, the B and E strings (the two thinnest, E being the higher pitched of the two) don't tune well. I'll turn the tuning knobs, and the pitch of the strings won't change unless I turn the knob at least a half rotation when the pitch of them will suddently pop to where it should be in relation to the position of the tuning knob.
Does it need new strings? Or is it something with my Strat? There's no other problems at all with the guitar. It sounds and plays wonderfully.
How old are the strings.. My strat did the same thing.. My son was playing my strat because he had to wait for me to change his(has a floyd rose tremelo bar on his). My strings were doing the same thing.. Just changed them. I usually change them about every two months.. If I'm playing frequently.. My tele is a Mike Stern version and I play that often.. I change the strings once a month. Go ahead and change the strings.. Depending on the genre of music. I usually play medium gauge strings. but country or blues.. I go as low as 09.-.042
when you first put the strings on there, did you stretch em? cause if you dont, its more likely to go way out of tune easily. just try stretching em out a little. bend em alot (but dont brake em LOL) . then tune it again, and see if that helps.
maybe the strings have been stretched out.
Could be some kind of stickiness in the nut. Strats have that string T on those two strings, maybe that is messed up, though I wouldn't think it would do that. If the strings have never done that before, you didn't recently go up in string gauge, did you? That would make it grab at the nut, though it usually only does that on the wound strings.
Well, it's a common problem if you cut the strings too LONG, leaving too much extra string off the nut, it makes the grip slacker. Also, low quality nuts tend to pop a little during tunings.
If you are hearing a 'pop' and then the tune changes it is because the string is 'hanging up' somewhere either on your nut or on your saddle.
If the 'pop' is on the saddle - there is a little burr of metal on the saddle that catches the string. GENTLY (and I do mean GENTLY) file down the burr.
If the problem is up at the nut, then apply some graphite into the groove that the string rests in (use a pencil if you do not have and graphite) ... that should help it slide easily and not 'hang up'.